2 papers
cs.CV2026
Beyond Layers: Position-Resolved Gradient Conflict and Position-Aware Modulation for Unified Multimodal Models
Shuyang Jiang, Fucheng Deng, Yuchuan Luo +1
Unified multimodal models (UMMs) train image understanding and autoregressive image generation on shared parameters, and the two objectives are known to interfere. Existing diagnos…
cs.LG2026
Does Gradient Conflict Predict the Understanding--Generation Trade-off? A Controlled Audit of Conflict-Metric Validity in Unified Multimodal Models
Shuyang Jiang, Fucheng Deng, Yuchuan Luo +1
Unified multimodal models (UMMs) are increasingly designed around gradient conflict between understanding and generation objectives. The premise that reducing these metrics improve…